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Unable to Drag and Drop Attachments from Outlook to Microsoft Teams

Hello, Until recently, I was able to drag and drop email attachments directly from Microsoft Outlook into a Microsoft Teams chat or channel. However, this functionality suddenly stopped working. Details: Outlook and Teams are both desktop apps. My…

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asked 2025-07-30T00:30:48.3166667+00:00
Catherine Jeong 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-27T07:57:43.3+00:00
Lorraine 0 Reputation points
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Drag and Drop

Hi We have recently started to use M365 Business. We are unable to drag and drop files between Microsoft applications. For instance if someone sends me an email with an attachment usually you can drag it out of outlook and drop it in the relevant…

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asked 2025-08-19T07:33:33.7233333+00:00
Abdullah 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-30T11:03:19.47+00:00
Abdullah 20 Reputation points
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Change directory of files uploaded via channel post/reply in Teams "Files" tab

Hello, Files uploaded to a teams channel as a post/thread reply are automatically saved into the default directory under the "Files" tab. This creates clutter with dozens of images or other files from multiple conversation next to important…

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asked 2025-10-20T20:06:43.9266667+00:00
YalRmy-8058 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-20T22:38:50.47+00:00
Alexis-NG 9,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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forgot password and can't reset

a password has been forgotten on a database and can't reset it or change it, so therefore i'm unable to open the doc. how can we open it ???

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asked 2025-09-04T08:32:38.34+00:00
Regan, Sharon [HMPS] 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-13T11:21:29.9066667+00:00
Henry-N 6,020 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to change Team's automatic downloading of image files as .jfif?

I don't know why Teams auto downloads all my images as .jfif - which is not considered a standard file format yet. (As evidenced by the fact that Microsoft's own products, like Excell and Word, DON'T accept .jfif file types) Where is the setting to…

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asked 2025-08-21T15:57:33.4466667+00:00
Nathan Kelly 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-26T16:39:10.26+00:00
Lia V 3,385 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to Rename Folder in Teams/SharePoint Channel Site on iOS Apps

I’m experiencing an issue with renaming a folder that resides in a Teams/SharePoint Channel site. The folder cannot be renamed if a file inside it is currently opened somewhere. This behavior occurs only on iOS mobile apps (tested on OneDrive, Teams,…

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asked 2025-08-04T20:48:13.1033333+00:00
HeinMoeThu 30 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-08-15T20:24:15.29+00:00
Chris Duong 4,845 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Why is my files download still loading after a long period of time? Why didnt everything download?

I downloaded a file, however it is not all uploading to the onedrive. Also, it says that it is still loading even though it was over 24 hours. I got a notification stating everything but 4 files were updated due to duplicates. However this was not true…

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asked 2025-07-22T16:26:19.52+00:00
Elena Stewart 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-28T22:12:52.43+00:00
Alexis-NG 9,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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how do I convert a excel for web file to excel on my computer?

When my team member shares excel files with me they open as excel for web and won't convert to the excel on my computer. Both computers have Office 360 accounts on them?

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asked 2023-10-05T17:12:51+00:00
Anonymous
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Autosave did not work

I worked on my Mac (Ventura 13.4.1) and a Word Document located in a Teams folder yesterday. Turns out that the autosave did not work the last few hours. When I opened the doc today I was told it was not possible to save it. I tried in vain to give it a…

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asked 2023-08-16T07:03:40+00:00
Anonymous
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Microsoft Teams - Download a folder as a zip file

Hello everybody, I received a question from an end user about downloading a folder from within Microsoft Teams. When clicking "Download" on a folder, the user wants the ZIP file to retain its original folder name. As per my knowledge, when…

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asked 2021-10-15T08:35:06+00:00
Anonymous
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Access an image or other file from multiple locations

Is is possible to access an image from multiple folders. For example Folder 1 Contains Image 1 Folder 2 Contains Image 1 I would like to be able to have the same file accessible from multiple folders for organizational purposes. I don't want copies it…

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asked 2022-03-22T18:55:58+00:00
Anonymous
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Issues With Discard My Changes In Excel In SharePoint

Hello, My team is having issues with the error message popping up saying Discard By Changes. It doesn't happen always and we cannot figure out what is causing this issue as it is not consistent. Thank you for your help Best, Serena

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asked 2024-10-14T18:19:48+00:00
Anonymous
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User’s not able to download files in New Teams

We have a couple user’s who are guests of another orgs Teams channel. To access the channel they have to change tenants to the other org. When accessing files they can only open it within New Teams. If they open it within browser or the desktop…

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asked 2024-05-31T00:24:12+00:00
Anonymous
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I allow publishing of major versions for files in Teams?

I have the following versioning settings in place for my library But I cannot locate the publish option for my files: both within teams and on sharepoint

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asked 2023-03-21T20:01:10+00:00
Anonymous
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Confirmation on Public & Private Folders Within a Teams Channel

Can I have a Teams site with a broad Channel (i.e. Marketing) that includes both non-private folders (i.e. we want the agency to save documents there) AND private folders (i.e. financials we DO NOT want the agency to see) ? I believe so but wanted to…

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asked 2023-07-24T21:17:20+00:00
Anonymous
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How do I upload a Microsoft Stream link to a Teams folder?

I can't seem to add the .mp4 into folder. I don't want to add the video as a tab. Thanks!

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asked 2023-06-30T16:16:07+00:00
Anonymous
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How to find uploaded folder size in MS Teams?!

Hello Microsoft, I am uploading FOLDERS into Office 365 Teams/sharepoint. I find to my horror that I cannot tell if everything has been copied because I cannot find any option that shows me the folder size. So if I wanted to upload a 1GB folder from…

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asked 2023-02-23T13:34:26+00:00
Anonymous
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Microsoft Teams transcripts are only available for download by the organiser, not the participants

My team use the transcription feature extensively. It is very useful for keeping notes on stand-ups etcetera. When a meeting is transcribed, the organiser can open the Recap tab, select Transcript and click the Download button. If a participant tries to…

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asked 2024-06-20T09:05:44+00:00
Anonymous
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Excel document with formulas not working in TEAMS

HI, I have an excel file that the team are using via TEAMS which has many formulas. The values from the formulas constantly change to incorrect values in different rows. Does anyone know how to stop this please? Many thanks in advance

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asked 2022-11-25T10:42:46+00:00
Anonymous
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My working files are in OneDrive and I have a copy of these files also in Teams. Is there a way that when I update files in OneDrive the files in Teams will also update?

My working files are in OneDrive and I have a copy of these files also in Teams. Is there a way that when I update files in OneDrive the files in Teams will also update?

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asked 2025-02-24T20:53:30+00:00
Anonymous